3372. Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
From: Gene Pitney Sings World Wide Winners ; Year: 1963 (1962); Genre: Pop/Country Western I don't know why, but for most of yesterday evening I had this rather story-driven classic track on my mind. Even though it comes a bit from the commercial side of music there's always been something special about it. Interestingly enough, the song has no apparent connection to the John Wayne/Jimmie Stewart film from the same time, which shared the title. I'm not sure why it was not used for the film, but from what I understand it was intended to be used in the film and some weird dispute happened and the rest is history. But, if nothing else you get condensed version of the film in a very descriptive song, so a bonus I guess. For me personally though, it's the music, especially the oriental sounding violin that's a big draw. Hear (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Genesis - A Trick of the Tail My song pick two years a...